Soccer Fans' Heart Attack Risk Spikes During World Cup Matches

WochitJun. 13, 2014. 08:05 AM EST

In 2008, a team of doctors led by Ute Wilbert-Lampen gathered reports from hospitals around the M...
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In 2008, a team of doctors led by Ute Wilbert-Lampen gathered reports from hospitals around the Munich area and analyzed rates of cardiovascular events during the 2006 World Cup. They compared hospitalizations for heart attacks on the seven days the German national team competed with hospitalizations on the 24 days when the Germans didn't play. The outlook was especially ominous for men: Their risk more than tripled on match days, swelling to 3.26 times higher than the normal rates.
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